Hose-support.



E. PRAEGER.

HOSE SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED 00T.18, 1912.

1,1 14,033. Patented 0ct.20, 1914.

mwiyfclnventor y I I Attorneys i 7H2 NORRIS PETERS 60., PHOTOLITHO., WASHINGTON, n C

EWAL-D PRAEGER, or SANANTONJEONBEXAS.

sp ifi n n nnae. Patented oet. 20,.1914..

Application filed October 18, 1912. Serial No. 726,559.

standard having a part adapted to support 1 gaged around the hose, the structure, under the nozzle of the hose. 1

Another object of the invention is to provide a hose support having a pivoted stand ard provided at its ground engaging end with means to engage the hose, whereby the standard when not in use, may be connected with the hose, to lie in parallelism with the hose. 1

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings :-Figure 1 shows in side elevation one form of the invention the. support being set up and in use; Fig. 2 is a bottom plan support showing the support par allel to and assembled with the hose; Fig. 3 is a perspective of the support; and Fig. 4 is a perspective showing a slight modification of the invention.

In carrying out the invention there is provided a bracket 1 having a projecting neck 2, terminated in a transverse shaft 3. A standard is provided, the standard being pivotally connected with the bracket 1. The standard includes a loop 4, constituting a nozzle support, the arms of the loop being curved to form eyes .5 which receive the ends of the shaft 3. Beyond the eyes 5, diverging arms 6 are formed, the-arms 6 terminating in transverse loops 7. The arms 6 are resilient.

In practical operation, the hose 8 is placed upon the bracket 1 and is secured thereto by a tie 9 of any desired form. The loops 7 are adapted to engage the ground, when the parts are positioned as shown in Fig. 1, and under such circumstances, the member 4 serves to uphold the nozzle 10. Itisobvi .ous, also, -that the engagement betweenthe member 4 and the nozzle 10 serves to prevent the standard from swinging on the shaft 3, beyonda predetermined angle.

When the occasion of the use of the support has passed by, the arms 6 may be swung into approximate parallelism with the hose 8. The free ends of the arms 6 are then pressed together and the loops 7 are ensuch circumstances appearing as shown in Fig.v 2. When the loops 7 are assembled with the hose 8 as shown in Fig. 2, the nozzle rest 4 will stand approximately at right angles to the hose. By means ofthe member 4, therefore, the hose may be hung up to permit the same to drain.

In that form of theinvention which appears in Fig. 4, a slight modification in the bracket is shown. In Fig. 4, the bracket 11 is slotted as indicated at 12 and the material resulting from the formation of the slots 12 is struck downwardly to'form ears 14, receiving the shaft 15, which may be a screw.

The eyes 5 of the standard may engage around the member 15, between the ears 14, and the part 4 being shortened.

, Having thus described the invention what is claimed is 1. In a device of the class described, a hose supporting'bracket; and a two part standard pivoted to the bracket,the standard being provided at its ground engaging ends with fixed, open loops disposed at an angle to the standard, the loops acting as supporting bases and as hose'engagingclips when the standard is in different positions.

2. Ina device of the class described, a hose supporting bracket and a standard pivoted intermediate its ends to the bracket, the standard being provided at one end with an angularly disposed nozzle rest constituting the sole means for preventing a tilting of the standard on the bracket.

3. In a device of the class described, a

hose supporting bracket; an angular standard pivoted intermediate its ends to the hose and ground-engaging means projecting in a direction opposite to the nozzle rest.

' 4.,In a device of the class described, a

hose supporting bracket and a standard piv- In testimony that I claim the foregoing as oted to the bracket, the standard being promy OWIl, I have hereto afiixed my signature Vided at one end with a nozzle rest-andterin the-piesence of-tWo Witnesses. minating at its other end in resilient-arms EWALD PRAEGER.

5 disposed at an angle to themozzle-rest, the Witnesses:

arms being provided with hose engaging RUDoLF Gnoos, loops.

PRESTON HooKnR.

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